The Cats Restaurant by ChefCentury

Open Mic Karaoke Night
2025-08-23 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Cats at Los Gatos, 17533 Santa Cruz Hwy, Los Gatos, CA, 95033, United States
Open Mic Karaoke Night – Per requests, we will be hosting an open mic, karaoke night for everyone at The Cats. Everyone is welcome to participate and have fun. Step up take the stage, grab the mic, and show us what you’ve got! First 3 singers get a free beer to kick off the evening. Come for the food and stay for the fun.

The Jokers
2025-08-22 19:00 - 22:00
Over the past several decades, The Jokers have won over the hearts of music lovers of all ages. Performing hundreds of popular classic rock songs at a variety of venues, this talented high energy classic rock band has earned the admiration and affection of critics and fans alike.

Songwriters in the Round
2025-08-17 18:00 - 20:30, 2025-06-29 18:00 - 20:30
“Songwriters in the Round” is a show featuring Gary Nobile, Nate Walker & Pete Sommer sharing original songs as well as some written by a few of our favorite writers. We do something a little different. Since we are individual artists, we each take a turn playing songs sitting on bar stools with just a guitar and a microphone. It’s called a “Nashville Round” because this is how many songwriters perform in Nashville. Since our voices and song styles change every song, audiences are continually rewarded with fresh sounding music. It’s effectively three performers in one.

Robert Hager & The WolfPak
2025-08-16 19:00 - 22:00
Robert Hager & The WolfPak – Local Santa Cruz high energy rock n roll Band playing classic rock hits. Packing good fun, guitar solos, harmonica, Classic Rock, soul, funk & some Latin grooves: More Cow Bell and just good ole dancing tunes.

Kavanaugh Brothers - Celtic Experience
2025-08-15 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-06-14 19:00 - 22:00
The Kavanaugh Brothers Band perform a variety of Celtic, folk, Americana, pub & rebel songs. They have been active in the SF Bay area music scene for the past 16 years (established in 2009). See their Youtube video from their St. Paddy’s day performance in 2021.

Joe Ferrara-Canceled due to illness!
2025-08-10 17:30 - 20:30
San Jose native Joe Ferrara has been entertaining audiences from Santa Cruz to San Francisco since 1968. Joe’s rich baritone voice and comfort with his audience have attracted fans of all ages. His repertoire includes over 1,500 songs from a variety of genres including Folk, Rock, Standards, and Show Tunes. Joe has been performing Sunday nights The Cats in Los Gatos since 1989. Come Join us!

The Sit-Ins
2025-08-09 19:00 - 22:00
The Sit-Ins are a rock cover band based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Originally formed as a one-time local supergroup, they have now been playing gigs together for well over a decade. The Sit-Ins are known for covering popular rock/pop songs while mixing in eclectic album tracks. The band members play multiple instruments while handling lead vocals and harmonies. The Sit-Ins cover artists from AC/DC and Alice in Chains all the way to Zeppelin and ZZ Top. Their shows span a wide variety of styles. You may find yourself dancing to the groove of Bruno Mars one moment, and then head-banging to Rage Against the Machine in the next.

The Sit-Ins with Three Second Rules
2025-08-09 19:00 - 22:00
The Sit-Ins are a rock cover band based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Originally formed as a one-time local supergroup, they have now been playing gigs together for well over a decade. The Sit-Ins are known for covering popular rock/pop songs while mixing in eclectic album tracks. The band members play multiple instruments while handling lead vocals and harmonies. The Sit-Ins cover artists from AC/DC and Alice in Chains all the way to Zeppelin and ZZ Top. Their shows span a wide variety of styles. You may find yourself dancing to the groove of Bruno Mars one moment, and then head-banging to Rage Against the Machine in the next. The Three Second Rules will open for the Sit-Ins. Join the fun of a fantastic two band nights at The Cats

Flypaper Blues
2025-08-08 19:00 - 22:00
Flypaper Blues a Santa Cruz-based Americana band is straight out of your grandfather’s rifle barrel. A little whiskey, coffee grinds, 2-in-1 oil, and a whole lot of fiddle, driving drums, and bass rhythms. This 100% homegrown, local band brings influences from traditional bluegrass, post-punk, ragtime, to alt-country genres. Songwriting is personal, comedic, and inspired by the existential need to transcend the hazards and pitfalls of modern life with soul-nourishing music.

Haz Bin
2025-08-01 19:00 - 22:00
Haz Bin is a very Santa Cruz band. Their music is compelling, combining an eclectic mix of ’70s funk, ’80s reggae and ’90s grunge for a sound that couldn’t come from anywhere else. With Joe Gray on bass, Dustin DiMauro on drums and Brent Witmer on guitar and vocals, Haz Bin is a unique mix of fun dancing, guitar jams and getting through hard times with music.

Actual Proof
2025-07-27 18:00 - 20:30
Actual Proof is a Bay Area funk, jazz, and R&B band formed after a run of packed busking sets in downtown San Jose. The band features Ryan Grubee (trumpet), Kunaal Pendse (baritone sax), Elena Hsu (vocals), Jacob Park (guitar), Kai Imaya (piano), Jackson Takizawa (bass), and Roma Smith (drums). Drawing inspiration from artists like Marcus Miller, Bruno Mars, John Mayer, Herbie Hancock, Domi & JD Beck, and Michael Brecker, their sound is tight, soulful, and always high energy. Get ready for deep grooves, explosive solos, and a high energy show.

Beggars Opera
2025-07-26 19:00 - 22:00
Beggars Opera returns to the Cats with Debra & Mark Harville, Tom Siebenthal, & Robert Stemplinger to perform many favorites from Clapton, VanMorrison, Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Petty, The Pretenders, Dire Straits, Paul Simon, and even a couple of Beatles, Elvis, & Rickie Nelson thrown in.

3 Mile Smile
2025-07-25 19:00 - 22:00
3 Mile Smile is where swagger meets soul — a genre-bending force that blends the grit of rock, the groove of disco, and the heart of country into a sound that’s uniquely their own. With foot-stomping rhythms, infectious melodies, and lyrics that hit like a shot of whiskey, 3 Mile Smile brings a high-energy live show that gets boots tapping and hips shaking. If you’re looking for something that breaks the mold but feels like home, you just found it.

James Coon
2025-07-20 18:00 - 20:30
There’s two sides to James Coon. Two shows to see. The BIG covers. BIG Voice of Fogerty, Cougar-Mellencamp, Seger…especially tributes to Neil Diamond. …And the more Classic, intimate stylings of his own songs sprinkled throughout — a little bit Cohen, a little bit Prine — the reason half the crowd is usually fellow musicians.

Hot Rod Racing Club
2025-07-19 19:00 - 22:00
The Hot Rod Racing Club plays Rockabilly and Blues the way it should be played….with heart and soul and a little high octane for good measure.

Sundance Kid
2025-07-18 19:00 - 22:00
Sundance Kid is an exciting project from the Johnny Reyes Band. It started as a power trio in the tradition of Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, it has now evolved into a larger band with country influences and a Tex-Mex feel. Join us as we play the amazing new Cats roadhouse!

Joe Ferrara
2025-07-13 17:30 - 20:30

JD & The Shout
2025-07-12 19:00 - 22:00
JD & The Shout – JD, Bill, and Larry are the dynamic trio behind the energetic, danceable rock & roll sound of the band. Drawing inspiration from the music of the 1950s through the 2000s, we infuse a blend of rock, pop and country influences to create a high-octane, guitar-driven sound with tight vocal harmonies. Our music is a nostalgic journey through the tunes you grew up with and can’t resist singing along to.

Frank Thibeaux
2025-07-11 19:00 - 22:00
Frank Thibeaux is a 2X GRAMMY NOMINATED Bass Guitarist and Songwriter. In the early 80s TEBO Co-FOUNDED the HOT East Palo Alto, CA BAND – “PRECISION” with Will Roc, Bob Dogg, Rabbit, Lakiba Pittman and others. For the past 25 years he has been doing what he loves and what he was blessed to do well: performing, producing and traveling the globe with world music Icons including: Herbie Hancock, MC HAMMER & John Lee Hooker Jr. He brings his signature blend of funky blues with a Zydeco twist. His band style is described as fun and funky

Riley Smith
2025-07-06 18:00 - 20:30
Riley Smith is a Singer and Guitarist with an deep love for songs that tell stories and stand the test of time. Covering a wide range of styles — from folk and classic rock to blues, country, soul and even modern indie and alternative — his sets pull from decades of music that spans both to the familiarclassics and to the unexpected. He writes originals and can play them if called for.

Fossil Farm
2025-07-05 19:00 - 22:00
Bay Area based Fossil Farm has been entertaining audiences with a fun and lively assortment of classic, folk, and alt-rock music for over a decade. The group puts their own modern spin on music from the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Byrds, Lumineers, Foo Fighters, Tom Petty, Chris Isaak, Fleetwood Mac, Moody Blues, Traveling Wilburys, and more.

Third Rail
2025-06-28 19:00 - 22:00
Third Rail – Come enjoy a night of electrifying music with Third Rail. The guys will get you charged up with alternative and classic rock from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s

DJ Joe - Dance the Night Away
2025-06-27 18:30 - 21:30
DJ Joe night features mix of Motown, R&B & Hip Hop. DJ Joe will be taking all song requests. Plus Karaoke on Demand – Feel like singing let DJ Joe know what song you would like to sing. Get ready for fun, singing and dancing the night away at our wide-open stage. DJ Joe aka Joe Cannizzaro, a resident of Los Gatos has been a Bay Area DJ for 25 years! Joe was also an American Idol Producer for 15 seasons and and uses his love and expertise of music to share with his audience and always welcomes your favorite song requests!

Kara Hermann and Friends
2025-06-22 18:00 - 20:30
Kara Hermann and Friends – Kara, Brian Patrick and Ananth Sankar, all solo artists, will join together for an evening of original music and sing-along classics as they collaborate on each other’s songs. Brian Patrick is an accomplished guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. His album “Two by Two” highlights his authenticity and creativity as a solo artist. Ananth Sankar has gentle, powerful vocals, and intricate guitar picking that fit perfect with classic folk songs. Kara is best known for her original song “Hard Hatted Woman” and construction music video. She loves collaborating with local artists and bringing musicians together to share their talent with the community.

J.A.M. Band
2025-06-21 19:00 - 22:00
J.A.M., led by North Dakota native Jeffrey A. Meyer, brings a vibrant blend of old-time feel-good funk rock music to the local scene. With a sound as warm as a California sunset, J.A.M. delivers infectious grooves and soulful melodies. Jeffrey’s latest album, “Colors of the Mind,” features a special collaboration with the legendary G. Love. So, if you’re looking for an upbeat rocking good time. J.A.M. has got what the doctor ordered.

El Camino Revival Band
2025-06-20 19:00 - 22:00
El Camino Revival Band (ECRB) provides an eclectic mix of classic pop and rock for your dancing and listening pleasure. Performing is the heart of rock n’ roll. We’ve been rocking the South Bay and Peninsula for over 10 years. We’ d love to share the beat with you.

Father's Day with Billy Reese
2025-06-15 18:00 - 20:30
Billy Reese & Trio will be performing at The Cats to help our guests celebrate Father’s Day. Billy Reese is a Santa Cruz-based singer and guitarist. He plays around Santa Cruz and the Bay Area all year, playing country/Americana music at bars, clubs, restaurants, events, and, festivals with his backing band or as a solo act. Billy Reese also plays lead guitar in multiple bands around the Bay Area, including the rising Indie-Folk Rock band Eyes Like Lanterns. Check Billy and his projects out on Facebook and Instagram at @billyreesemusic,

Fossil
2025-06-13 19:00 - 22:00
Fossil is comprised of local music scene veterans with combined musical experience of over 150 years! Its members have been part of previous and current local favorites such as The Hitmen, Daze on the Green, The Breaux Show, 3.2 featuring Robert Berry, and Michael Gurley’s Ultrasound Band (of dada fame). Fossil has been called “the best classic rock cover band in the area”.
